Tag: Medicaid
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Advocates of state appeals for Medicaid managed-care claims make last-ditch effort to get it passed, by hijacking another bill
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. — Advocates of a bill to create a state appeals process for health-care providers to appeal decisions of Medicaid managed-care companies are...
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As session nears end, bills on heroin, dating-violence orders, managed-care appeals and lawsuit review panels are hanging fire
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. – The General Assembly has sent Gov. Steve Beshear four health-related bills, and several more could reach his desk in the legislative...
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State Senate passes bill for independent appeals process for managed-care claims; hearing gets into details of the problem
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Managed-care organizations’ contracts allow them to deny Medicaid claims and not reimburse for services if they deem them not medically necessary. That means health-care...
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Beshear says Ky. rural hospitals ‘have a positive cash flow’ but he can’t prove it; industry says it sees ‘some improvement’
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. — Gov. Steve Beshear says Kentucky’s rural hospitals are profitable again, thanks to his expansion of Medicaid, but he offers little evidence...
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Bill would require Medicaid managed-care firms to pay contracted fees for ER visits; Senate hearing targets two companies
This story has been updated with comments from Wellcare of Kentucky. By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. — Managed care is touted as a way to achieve value-based...
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Kynect opens special enrollment period March 2-April 30 to give people without health insurance a chance to avoid tax penalty
The state health-insurance exchange, Kynect, is reopening enrollment in March and April to allow signups by Kentuckians who discovered that not having health insurance means they have to pay a...
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Poll illustrates how having insurance and access to a health care provider doesn’t mean you can afford the care
Just because a person has appropriate access to a health care provider doesn’t mean they can afford to pay for their services, according to the latest Kentucky Health Issues Poll....
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‘Medicaid Dashboard’ gives county-by-county details on 375,000 who joined program, what screenings they got, what they found
The expansion of the federal-state Medicaid program under federal health reform marks the biggest change in Kentucky health care since Medicare began in the mid-1960s. Almost 400,000 people have joined...
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Highly anticipated report on first year of Medicaid expansion says Kentucky can afford it even with higher-than-expected enrollment
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky’s decision to expand Medicaid under federal health reform is a better deal than previously projected and will more than pay...
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Thousands of Kentuckians face federal tax penalty for not having health insurance
“Thousands of Kentuckians might face a penalty this tax season for failing to sign up for health insurance during 2014,” Mary Meehan reports for the Lexington Herald-Leader. The state estimated...